Gravity Forms - Populate Column with User Meta - Simple

populate_list_usermeta.php

<?php
// The following snippet will populate a List Field's dropdown with another forms entries.
// Direct the snippet to populate the field with "gform_column_input_42_1_3". 42 being the 
// field, 1 being the field, and 3 being the column
// BE AWARE - changing the column in the list field will break this snippet
add_filter( 'gform_column_input_42_1_3', 'business_column', 10, 5 );
function business_column( $input_info, $field, $column, $value, $form_id ) {
      $items = array();
// Input the type of meta you want to look got and the defining result.  For me this was users with the role of "company".
      $metas = get_users( array( 'role' => 'company' ) );

if (is_array($metas))
{
// Now using the User Meta we've obtained we can choose the Value and Text of the dropdown.  
// I wanted the Display Name but you can display any collected meta data
  foreach($metas as $meta)  $items[] = array("value" => $meta->display_name, "text" => $meta->display_name);
}
  
    return array( 'type' => 'select', 'choices' => $items );